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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm not trying to pick a fight. I just learned that [b]some parents get very annoyed with children who are in AAP and have IEP's[/b]. But they don't seem to get as annoyed with children who aren't in AAP but have IEP's. I wondered why. I can't ask them directly without really picking a fight so I thought an anonymous forum is a better place to get the answer.

And the issue requiring the IEP is inattentiveness.[/quote]

Maybe those parents need a reality check. Here is a snapshot of a few kids from a recent period  in an actual AAP class:

-kid with IEP, attention issues: needs to be redirected when transitioning to new tasks and needs checks to see if he's on task. Certainly needs more attention than the "average" kid in the class.
-kid without IEP: needs to be redirected several times because he's reading a novel under his desk and is plainly not interested. When the time comes for independent work, asks for help from his neighbor because he wasn't listening.
-kid with IEP, Asperger's: has finished the assignment long before the rest of the class and refuses to go back and work through it along with everyone else, just in case. His stubbornness is grating, but in the end all his answers are correct.
-kid without IEP: didn't understand the lesson too well. Making lots of mistakes on the independent work section and needs a fair amount of redirection. Maybe this particular subject isn't the kid's forte...

In terms of performance on the tests, the kids with IEPs exhibit more variability than the others: sometimes they leave their peers in the dust, and sometimes you wonder whether they brought their brain with them to school that day.
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